Linda M RichterChild, Youth, Family and Social Development Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaAIDS Care 21:3-12. 2009

Project Masihambisane: a cluster randomised controlled trial with peer mentors to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers living with HIV

Mary Jane Rotheram-BorusGlobal Center for Children and Families, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USATrials 12:2. 2011

Design and methods of a longitudinal study investigating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the partnerships and sexual behaviour of HIV-infected individuals in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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L M RichterChild, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Dalbridge and School of Psychology, University of Natal, Natal, South AfricaJ Paediatr Child Health 39:243-8. 2003

..An example is provided of a simple intervention model based on sound developmental principles that can be implemented by trained non-professionals in conditions of poverty and underdevelopment...

Economic support to patients in HIV and TB grants in rounds 7 and 10 from the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

Linda M RichterHIV, AIDS, STIs and TB, Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaPLoS ONE 9:e86225. 2014

..In addition to trials, operational research and programme evaluations, more precise guidance to countries is needed to inform evidence-based decision about activities that are cost-effective, affordable and feasible. ..

Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Improve the Nursing Care of Young Children in a High HIV and AIDS Setting

Linda M RichterHuman Sciences Research Council and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 750 Francois Road, Durban 4001, South AfricaNurs Res Pract 2012:647182. 2012

..To address the latter need, the intervention has been extended into the community through home-based palliative care and support...

Scaling up access to antiretroviral drugs in a middle-income country: public sector drug delivery in the Free State, South Africa

Francois SteynCentre for Health Systems Research and Development, University of the Free State, South AfricaAIDS Care 21:1-6. 2009

..06 (CI: 2.48, 3.76, p < 0.001)-women). Individuals abused in childhood comprise between 6 and 29 % of young adult men and women living in these African settings and constitute a population at high risk of HIV infection. ..

Strengthening families to support children affected by HIV and AIDS

Linda M RichterChild, Youth, Family and Social Development Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaAIDS Care 21:3-12. 2009

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Project Masihambisane: a cluster randomised controlled trial with peer mentors to improve outcomes for pregnant mothers living with HIV

Mary Jane Rotheram-BorusGlobal Center for Children and Families, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USATrials 12:2. 2011

..Standard Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs are not designed to address these challenges...

Design and methods of a longitudinal study investigating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the partnerships and sexual behaviour of HIV-infected individuals in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

..This article describes the development of simple, low-cost and context-relevant interventions to improve the care environment for young hospitalized children within the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and poverty...

Targeting AIDS orphans and child-headed households? A perspective from national surveys in South Africa, 1995-2005

..Our study shows that providing mobile, high-quality and easy to access services in a high prevalence context is a feasible way to engage youth, men and more rural populations in HIV counselling and testing...

Pediatric nursing in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in resource-poor settings--balancing the "art and the science"

Linda GovenderChild, Youth, Family and Social Development Unit, Human Sciences Research Council, KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaHolist Nurs Pract 20:247-54. 2006

..The findings indicate changes to the nature of nursing practice, knowledge of nursing, and ethics of nursing care...